One week after YouTube personality Logan Paul apologized for posting a video that showed an apparent suicide victim, the website has finally released a statement. "We expect more of the creators who build their community on @YouTube, as we’re sure you do too," the website said. "The channel violated our community guidelines, we acted accordingly, and we are looking at further consequences."In a conversation thread on its official Twitter page, YouTube said they too were upset by Paul's video. The site also commented on criticism regarding their delayed response, saying their critics had a right to be frustrated at their lack of communication. "It’s taken us a long time to respond, but we’ve been listening to everything you’ve been saying," YouTube wrote. "We know that the actions of one creator can affect the entire community, so we’ll have more to share soon on steps we’re taking to ensure a video like this is never circulated again."Paul, who is one of YouTube's most prominent celebrities with over 15 million subscribers, has apologized and announced he will take a break from posting videos for the time being. The video Paul uploaded on December 31, showed the body of a man who had apparently killed himself in a Japanese forest. The video was viewed some 6 million times before being removed from Paul's YouTube channel. A petition on Change.org that demands his channel be deleted has been signed by more than 400,000 people.A storm of criticism followed despite two apologies, with commenters saying Paul seemed disrespectful and that his initial apology was inadequate.In Paul's initial apology, he said he had wanted to raise awareness about suicide and possibly save lives, and he denied his goal was to drive clicks to his social media content."I thought I could make a positive ripple on the internet, not cause a monsoon of negativity," he said in his Twitter post."I don't expect to be forgiven. I'm simply here to apologize," he said on the more somber video apology uploaded on YouTube and Twitter. "None of us knew how to react or how to feel."The Associated Press contributed to this report.

One week after YouTube personality Logan Paul apologized for posting a video that showed an apparent suicide victim, the website has finally released a statement.

"We expect more of the creators who build their community on @YouTube, as we’re sure you do too," the website said. "The channel violated our community guidelines, we acted accordingly, and we are looking at further consequences."

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In a conversation thread on its official Twitter page, YouTube said they too were upset by Paul's video. The site also commented on criticism regarding their delayed response, saying their critics had a right to be frustrated at their lack of communication.

"It’s taken us a long time to respond, but we’ve been listening to everything you’ve been saying," YouTube wrote. "We know that the actions of one creator can affect the entire community, so we’ll have more to share soon on steps we’re taking to ensure a video like this is never circulated again."

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Paul, who is one of YouTube's most prominent celebrities with over 15 million subscribers, has apologized and announced he will take a break from posting videos for the time being. The video Paul uploaded on December 31, showed the body of a man who had apparently killed himself in a Japanese forest.

The video was viewed some 6 million times before being removed from Paul's YouTube channel. A petition on Change.org that demands his channel be deleted has been signed by more than 400,000 people.

A storm of criticism followed despite two apologies, with commenters saying Paul seemed disrespectful and that his initial apology was inadequate.

In Paul's initial apology, he said he had wanted to raise awareness about suicide and possibly save lives, and he denied his goal was to drive clicks to his social media content.